#D9CA44#D9CA44

#D9CA44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.150 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CA44
RGB	rgb(217, 202, 68)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 68.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, -9.85, 65.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 66.32, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% -0.0334 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.15 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.7813, 57.4122, 13.8745)
Luminance	0.5741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CA44 #4453D9

analogous

#D97F44 #D9CA44 #9DD944

triadic

#D9CA44 #44D9CA #CA44D9

tetradic

#D9CA44 #44D97F #4453D9 #D9449D

square

#D9CA44 #44D97F #4453D9 #D9449D

split-complementary

#D9CA44 #449DD9 #7F44D9

monochromatic

#877C1B #BAAB26 #D9CA44 #E3D877 #EEE7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D9CA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#D9CA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CA44

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CA44	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ca44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 202, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.150 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d980',
    500: '#d9ca44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ca44;
$custom-light: #e8d980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ca44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.96,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82776,
    "c": 0.15024,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CA44

secondary

#343D8D

accent

#50E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CA44

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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